Archives for August 2008

I can't say that I approve of the title that they gave my piece in The Weekend Australian: Case of the Warm and Fuzzy (pdf 800kbs). But I am so pleased that they published the six graphs: all is forgiven. Furthermore, in this one piece I have been … [Read more...] about More Skepticism in the Mainstream Media: Case of the Warm and Fuzzy

Due to the proximity of the IPS predicted rise of solar cycle 24 to observed solar cycle 23 solar minimum values, and the apparent lack of new Cycle 24 sunspots, IPS has again moved the predicted solar cycle away by 6 months. Ionospheric Prediction … [Read more...] about Australian IPS Space Weather Agency Moves Solar Cycle 24 Predication Away by 6 Months

A new paper published in GRL gives a 1000-year perspective on Hurricane activity in Boston, USA. The paper is entitled: 'A 1,000-year, annually-resolved record of hurricane activity from Boston, Massachusetts,' by Besonen et al. The Abstract … [Read more...] about More Hurricane Reality

The current cycle of the sun is taking a long time to start, triggering different explanations, writes Mark Lawson in an article entitled: 'Scientists disagree over lack of sunspots,' published in the Australian Financial Review (subscription … [Read more...] about A Spot of Controversy